Bovine Tuberculosis

Ann Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what total land area of England was under an (a) annual, (b) two yearly, (c) three yearly and (d) four yearly bovine tuberculosis testing regime in 2005.

Ben Bradshaw: holding answer 26 June 2006
	The information requested is set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Hectares 
			 12 monthly testing 2,358,772.91 
			 24 monthly testing 1,186,483.65 
			 36 monthly testing 81,928.38 
			 48 monthly testing 9,660,595.9

Plant Breeding

Michael Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the potential of effective competition legislation to tackle monopolies of rights relating to plant varieties by private sector companies.

Ben Bradshaw: I have been asked to reply.
	The Government consider that the UK's system of plant breeders' rights already provides adequate provisions to address any potential anti-competitive practices. The UK's system is based on the 1991 Convention of the Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (the UPOV Convention) enabled by the Plant Varieties Act 1997 (the Act).
	Plant breeders who hold rights, exercise control over their protected varieties in order to enable them to recoup development costs and to fund further breeding programmes. Although this is necessary for the development of this sector, there are exceptions to their rights:
	i. Section 8 of the Act provides that breeders' rights do not extend to acts done for either private or non-commercial purposes, for experimental purposes, or for the purpose of breeding another variety, and;
	ii. Section 17 of the Act makes provision for compulsory licences to be granted to third parties where the Controller of Plant Variety Rights is satisfied that this is necessary to ensure that the variety in question, is available to the public at reasonable prices, is widely distributed, or is maintained in quality.
	These provisions ensure that plant breeders' rights are not monopolistic.

Atomic Energy Agencies

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the United Kingdom's annual contribution has been to the  (a) European Atomic Energy Agency and  (b) International Atomic Energy Agency since 1997; what proportion of each payment was made by the United Kingdom (i) public sector and (ii) private sector nuclear industries; and what plans he has to review the level of the annual UK contribution to each organisation.

Malcolm Wicks: As a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UK is obliged to pay its contribution to the Regular Budget, which pays for most of the IAEA's work and the running of the Agency itself, and is expected to make a payment to the Technical Cooperation Fund, which pays for the IAEA's development programmes in less developed countries. As a UN Agency, UK Government have the responsibility for making these payments.
	The UK's contribution to the Regular Budget and Technical Cooperation Fund since 1997 are as follows:
	
		
			  £ 
			   Regular budget  Technical cooperation fund 
			 1997 7,670,799 2,249,969 
			 1998 5,950,148 2,368,000 
			 1999 6,143,449 2,267,527 
			 2000 6,291,197 2,386,354 
			 2001 6,561,613 2,577,181 
			 2002 7,459,727 2,504,581 
			 2003 8,019,673 2,470,974 
			 2004 9,083,332 2,250,836 
			 2005 9,811,000 2,405,954 
			 2006 10,994,536 2,656,536 
		
	
	The UK's Regular Budget and Technical Cooperation Fund payments are fixed by reference to slightly modified standardised UN contribution rates. The modification arises because the state membership of the IAEA is not identical to that of the UN, and developing countries were initially "shielded" from paying the full costs of the safeguards component of the Regular Budget. The UK accordingly, this year, paid 6.137 per cent. of the total Regular Budget. The future level of the annual UK contribution to the IAEA will be determined by UN contribution rates at the time.
	In addition, the UK has made a number of voluntary contributions to the IAEA since 1997, including contributions totalling £2.6 million to support the Agency's safeguards work, £2 million to the IAEA's Nuclear Security Fund, and £500,000 to support IAEA work to improve internal management processes. Additional non-financial "in-kind" support to help the Agency deliver its safeguards and other activities is provided through the UK nuclear industry, however the financial value of this could be calculated only at disproportionate cost.
	The UK remains committed to our contribution to the IAEA and the only review of the UK contribution we would seek is to manage down the budget through the achievement of organisational efficiencies.
	The UK's contribution to the European Atomic Energy Agency (EAEA) is paid through the UK's general contribution to the European Commission's budget. The EAEA's share of the UK contribution could be calculated only at disproportionate cost.

Select Committee Recommendations

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what action has been taken by her Department to implement Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee recommendations since the 2001-02 session; and if she will make a statement.

David Lammy: The following table lists all the Reports from the Culture, Media and Sport select committee to which the Government have responded since the 2001-02 session. An update on all select committee recommendations could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the Government in their responses to reports makes clear whether or not they accept the Committees' recommendations.
	
		
			   Government response 
			  Session 2005-06  
			 Analogue Switch-off: A signal change in television (HC 650) Cm 6850 
			 Broadcasting Rights for Cricket (HC 720) Cm 6772 
			   
			  Session 2004-05  
			 Public Libraries (HC 81) Cm 6648 
			 A public BBC (HC 82) Cm 6474 
			 Theatre (HC 254) Cm 6644 
			 Maritime Heritage and Historic Ships (HC 296) HC 385 of session 2005-06 
			 Market for Art (HC 414) Cm 6643 
			   
			  Session 2003-04  
			 Cultural objects: developments since 2000 (HC 59) Cm6149 
			 Broadcasting in Transition (HC380) HC 380 of session 2003-04 
			 Reform of the National Lottery (HC 196) Cm 6232 
			 Arts Development: Dance (HC 587) Cm 6326 
			 Drugs and role models in sport: making and setting examples (HC 499) Cm 6347 
			 Work of the Department in 2002-03 (HC 404) Cm 6242 
			   
			  Session 2002-03  
			 National Museums and Galleries: Funding and Free Admission (HC 85) Cm 5772 
			 A London Olympic bid for 2012 (HC 268) Cm 5867 
			 The structure and strategy for supporting tourism (HC 65) Cm 5790 
			 Privacy and media intrusion (HC 458) Cm 5985 
			 The British film industry (HC 667) Cm 6022 
			   
			  Session 2001-02  
			 The Government's proposals for gambling: nothing to lose? (HC 827) Cm 5622 
			 Communications (HC 539) Cm 5554 
			 Arts Development (HC 489) Cm 5533 
			 Testing the waters: the sport of swimming (HC 418) Cm 5480 
			 Revisiting the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games (HC 842) Cm 5576 
			 Wembley National Stadium project: into injury time (HC 843) Cm 5582 
			 Unpicking the Lock: The World Athletics Championships in the UK (HC 264) Cm 5448

Urban Regeneration

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent assessment she has made of the role of culture in urban regeneration.

David Lammy: Responses to the Department's consultation document "Culture at the Heart of Regeneration", published in June 2004, made clear the huge interest there is in culturally-driven regeneration in a variety of contexts, both urban and rural.
	We know, therefore, that culture can be a driving force in achieving urban regeneration. Examples of where this has happened can be found right across the country, from the iconic cultural buildings of Newcastle-Gateshead and Salford Quays to the Eden Centre in Cornwall. We are working across Government and with our cultural bodies to ensure that the value of culture is understood by planners, developers and others and supports regeneration.

Post Office Network Services

Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what services  (a) his Department and  (b) its associated public bodies (i) make available and (ii) have made available in the last five years through the Post Office network; through how many outlets the service is or was made available; and how many relevant transactions were undertaken in each case in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Gillian Merron: (i) A Vehicle Re-licensing (car tax renewal) and a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) service is provided over the counter in approximately 4,600 Motor Vehicle Licensing (MVL) Post Office® branches. Postal applications are handled in 120 of these branches.
	A Photocard Driving Licence Premium Service, checking application forms and supporting identity documents, is provided in approximately 740 Post Office® branches.
	A range of vehicle and driving licence forms, leaflets and booklets are held in all 14,000 branches.
	(ii) Over the last five years Post Office Ltd/DVLA has introduced a new electronic system for both vehicle re-licensing and making a Statutory Off-Road Notification (SORN) at MVL Post Office® branches through reading barcodes on application forms/registration certificates.
	Since August 2004, when re-licensing their vehicle or making a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN), customers have been able to notify a change of tax class into the disabled tax class at MVL Post Office® branches.
	In March 2004, DVLA and Post Office Ltd reached commercial agreement to extend the network of offices able to offer the vehicle re-licensing service by over 600 mainly rural Post Office® branches.
	In March 2006 DVLA and Post Office Ltd reached commercial agreement to extend the network of offices able to offer the. Photocard Driving Licence Premium Service by over 40 Post Office® branches.
	In the last financial year approximately 38 million vehicle licences were issued by the Post Office and over 2.3 million SORNs were received. Of these, over 160,000 customers changed their vehicle into the disabled tax class.
	In the last financial year over 650,000 customers used the Photocard Driving Licence Premium Service at Post Office® branches.

Railways

David Cameron: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations his Department has made to encourage the use of Sunday rail services in areas where it would be beneficial for the promotion of local tourism and leisure activities; and what special grants are available for additional Sunday rail services in such areas.

Douglas Alexander: The Government do not make any specific grants to encourage the use of Sunday rail services, but is investing heavily in rail and this is yielding results in terms of additional passengers on Sundays and other days of the week. The Government specify the minimum level of services through the franchising process.

North Korea

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 
	(1)  what action the British Government  (a) have taken and  (b) plan to take in response to North Korea's development and proposed testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile;
	(2)  what discussions she has had with her counterparts from other countries to discuss North Korea's development and proposed testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Ian McCartney: We are very concerned about reports of a possible test-launch of a Taepodong-2 missile/Satellite Launch Vehicle and are monitoring the situation closely. We have made clear our view to the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, as have the EU, US, Japan and others that this would be seen as a provocative act, which would add considerable tension to an already complex regional situation. We have urged them not to test, but to stick to their commitments under the 1999 moratorium and the 2002 Pyongyang Declaration and return to the Six Party Talks—a message reiterated in the Foreign Ministers' statement following the G8 meeting in Moscow. The full text of the statement can be found on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website at: http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/G8FMChairmanStatement290606.pdf. We continue to work closely with allies, including US, NATO and EU partners to ensure a co-ordinated international response if the test goes ahead.

Sewel Convention

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to respond to the report of the Scottish Affairs Committee: "The Sewel Convention: the Westminster perspective".

David Cairns: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Mr. Evennett).

Assets Recovery Agency

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total value of property and possessions confiscated by the Assets Recovery Agency was in the last financial year in Northern Ireland.

Paul Goggins: Confiscation is triggered by prosecutors post conviction. The Assets Recovery Agency is not a prosecuting body, and therefore has not confiscated any assets. However, in 2005-06 using its civil recovery powers the Assets Recovery Agency recovered assets to the value of £0.77 million in Northern Ireland.

Car Parks

Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff are employed at each pay and display car park in Northern Ireland to ensure vehicles display the correct payment sticker on the windscreen.

David Cairns: The Acting Chief Executive of Roads Service, Mr. Geoff Allister, has written to the hon. Gentleman in response to this question.
	 Letter from Mr. Geoff Allister, dated 3 July 2006:
	You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a parliamentary question regarding how many staff are employed at each pay and display car park in Northern Ireland to ensure vehicles display the correct payment sticker on the windscreen. I have been asked to reply as these issues fall within my responsibility as Acting Chief Executive of Roads Service.
	Roads Service is responsible for the management of 82 Pay and Display car parks across Northern Ireland. Forty of these are operated through private contractors and as such no Roads Service staff are involved in patrolling these car parks. Road Service employs 15 car park attendants to patrol around the remaining 42 car parks and take appropriate action when a vehicle fails to display evidence that the required fee has been paid.
	I hope this information is helpful.

Disabled SmartPasses

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will take steps to enable Disabled SmartPasses to be used for identification purposes for voting in elections in Northern Ireland.

David Hanson: I should like to apologize for the delay in replying to this question, which was due to an administrative error.
	The Government have no plans to increase the number of specified documents used for electoral identity purposes. The Electoral Identity Card was introduced with the express purpose of allowing all eligible individuals access to appropriately secure photographic identification for voting purposes. The application process for the card is straightforward: the applicant is required to complete a form supplied by the Electoral Office and then return the completed form by post, together with a photograph. The details on the form are then cross referenced with the relevant individual's registration details before the card is issued.
	I have been assured by the chief electoral officer that there are no accessibility issues that would make it difficult for a disabled person to attain the card.
	In addition to the Electoral Identity Card, three other types of document—a passport, the Senior Citizen SmartPass and a photographic driving licence—are valid forms of voter identification. However, the application process for the Disabled SmartPass is currently less secure than any of the other documents used for electoral identification purposes.

Ex-prisoners

Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people who have been released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent or sexual crime in Northern Ireland who are still living there are regarded as at high risk of re-offending.

David Hanson: PBNI are currently supervising 15 offenders in the community following release from custody for a violent crime who have been assessed as posing a high risk of re-offending. There are a further 15 offenders managed in the community under the multi agency sex offenders risk assessment and management (MASRAM) procedures following release from custody for a sexual crime who have been assessed as posing a high risk of re-offending.

Housing

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many vulnerable people in Northern Ireland live in homes that fall below the decent homes standard.

David Hanson: The decent homes standard applies to social houses. Government have set a target that all social housing should meet the standard by 2010. While data is not readily available on a household basis, the 2004 Interim House Condition Survey indicated that the overall number of social houses failing to meet the target was 32,000 having reduced from 59,000 in 2001.

Housing

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 
	(1)  what steps he  (a) is taking and  (b) plans to take to ensure that social housing in Northern Ireland is allocated to Catholics and Protestants equally according to need;
	(2)  whether he has plans to address religious differentials in the allocation of public housing.

David Hanson: All allocations by the Housing Executive and registered housing associations are made on the basis of need as determined by the points awarded under the Common Selection Scheme—a scheme that was equality proofed and subject to detailed and widespread consultation.
	The Housing Executive is recognised by all sections of the community as being extremely fair in its allocations, policies. However, applicants for social housing have a choice of where they wish to live and as a result less than 10 per cent. of social housing is integrated, the majority of people preferring to live in areas where they felt comfortable. The choice of where to live therefore impacts significantly on the number of allocations that can be made in specific areas, as this depends on the availability of social housing, whether through new building or re-letting of existing stock. In some areas demand is greater than supply, while in others, the opposite is true and allocations cannot therefore be made at the same ratio for all areas. This does mean that some people will have to consider other areas in order to be re-housed or have to wait longer before they are re-housed. To make allocations on the basis of religious belief would be illegal under the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
	The Northern Ireland Housing Executive formulates plans and programmes for additional new social housing taking account of demography, current and anticipated supply as well as current and projected demand. This effectively targets additional supply on areas with the greatest demand ensuring that assessed need is met.

Illegal Fuel

William McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 
	(1)  whether the law applied in Northern Ireland with regard to testing for illegal fuel in vehicles is the same as that applied elsewhere in the United Kingdom;
	(2)  what the cost is of each operation testing for illegal fuel in cars, vans and lorries which is taking place in Northern Ireland;
	(3)  how many random checks for illegal fuel have taken place on roads in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months, broken down by district council area;
	(4)  how many  (a) police and  (b) customs personnel are required to be present in each road operation to test for illegal fuel in Northern Ireland;
	(5)  how many  (a) Police Service of Northern Ireland and  (b) Customs and Excise officers are required to be present when conducting a fuel testing and dipping exercise in Northern Ireland;
	(6)  how many vehicles were found to be using illegal fuel in each district command unit in Northern Ireland in each of the past three years; and how many prosecutions were brought in each case in each year;
	(7)  what the cost is of carrying out a fuel dipping exercise on a vehicle in Northern Ireland;
	(8)  under what legislation fuel testing and dipping in Northern Ireland takes place; and whether this legislation applies only in Northern Ireland;
	(9)  how many vehicles were randomly tested for illegal fuel use in each district command unit in Northern Ireland in each of the past three years.

John Healey: I have been asked to reply.
	The law relating to the testing of illegal fuel applies to the whole of the United Kingdom.
	The number of officers present at a road checking exercise will be dependant upon the risk assessment undertaken for that exercise. There will usually be not less than two PSNI and four HMRC personnel present at a check, the precise numbers depending in the level of risk.
	Each operation involving the testing of fuel in vehicles is unique in the time taken, the numbers tested and the number of personnel involved. It is not possible to estimate a cost for these operations.
	Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs does not record the number of random checks undertaken for illegal fuel by each council area or district command unit in Northern Ireland. Nor does it have the facility to identify the numbers of vehicles that have been detected using illegal fuel in each district command unit.

Lung Cancer

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many deaths from lung cancer there have been in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many of these deaths were smoking-related.

David Hanson: The following table gives the number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland for each year between 2001 and 2005, by gender, due to "malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung"(1).
	Smoking history is rarely recorded on death certificates. Estimates can however be made of the number of deaths attributable to smoking, by using information on the contribution that smoking makes to specific conditions recorded at death. The Health Development Agency(2) (2004) estimated that just over nine in ten male lung cancer deaths, and eight in ten female lung cancer deaths, were attributable to smoking.
	(1) International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes C33-C34.
	(2) Twigg, L., Moon, G., arid Walker, S. The smoking epidemic in England, Health Development Agency, 2004: http://www.publichealth.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=502811.
	
		
			  Number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland due to malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung ("lung cancer"), by gender, 2001 to 2005 
			   Deaths due to "lung cancer" 
			   Male  Female  Total 
			 2001 507 275 782 
			 2002 487 315 802 
			 2003 482 328 810 
			 2004 507 330 837 
			 2005 (provisional data) 505 319 824

Nurses and Midwives

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many  (a) nurses and  (b) midwives are employed by the Health Service in each health board area in Northern Ireland.

Paul Goggins: The information requested is presented in the following table.
	
		
			  Nursing and midwifery staff employed within the NIHPSS by health board area as at 31 March 2006 
			   Qualified nursing staff  Nursing support staff 
			   Headcount  WTE  Headcount  WTE 
			 Eastern board 7,526 6,462.67 2,397 2,002.58 
			 Northern board 2,596 2,194.43 779 662.92 
			 Southern board 2,233 1,868.78 729 624.34 
			 Western board 2,350 2,129.41 726 665.30 
			 Total 14,705 12,655.29 4,631 3,955.14 
		
	
	
		
			   Qualified midwives  Total 
			   Headcount  WTE  Headcount  WTE 
			 Eastern board 552 4,21.40 10,475 8,886.65 
			 Northern board 266 218.85 3,641 3,076.20 
			 Southern board 244 184.63 3,206 2,677.75 
			 Western board 223 187.28 3,299 2,981.99 
			 Total 1,285 1,012.16 20,621 17,622.59 
			  Notes:1.WTE = Whole-time equivalent.2. The qualified nursing staff category includes 43 student midwives. Figures include all staff working within the NI HPSS including those working in health boards and agencies such as Central Services Agency, Regional Medical Physics Agency and Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority.3. Figures exclude bank staff.4. Nursing figures for Central Services Agency, Regional Medical Physics Agency and Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority are included within the eastern board. Source:Human Resource Management System

Paedophiles

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of repeat offending by known paedophiles have occurred in Northern Ireland in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

David Hanson: I attach high priority to the protection of the public and particularly children from any risks posed by sex offenders. Statistics from the 2001 adult reconviction dataset indicate that no sex offender was subsequently reconvicted for a sexual offence within two years after their date of discharge in 2001. Reconviction data is not yet available in respect of those convicted after 2001.

Roads

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which junctions of the Eastern Transport Corridor between Larne and Newry do not have a right hand turning lane; and what plans he has to upgrade these junctions.

David Cairns: The Acting Chief Executive of Roads Service, Mr. Geoff Allister, has written to the hon. Lady in response to this question.
	 Letter from Mr. Geoff Allister, dated 3 July 2006:
	You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question regarding which junctions of the Eastern Transport Corridor between Larne and Newry do not have a right hand turning lane; and what plans he has to upgrade these junctions.
	As this issue falls within my responsibility as Acting Chief Executive of Roads Service, I have been asked to reply.
	The Eastern Seaboard Corridor is essentially comprised of the A8 Larne to Belfast road, the M2 Motorway, the A12 Westlink, the Ml Motorway and the Al to the Border, south of Newry. I can advise that on the A8 Larne to Belfast road the junctions which do not have a right hand turning lane are those at Ballygowan Road/Deerpark Road and Ballygowan Road South. However, a right turn facility at the Ballygowan/Deerpark Road junction will be constructed later this financial year, and a similar facility will be constructed at the Ballygowan Road South junction during the 2007/2008 financial year. The only other section of the A8 with no dedicated facilities for right turning movements is the section of single carriageway between Coleman's Corner and Ballynure.
	You will possibly be aware that the Belfast Metropolitan Transportation Plan supports dualling this section, including the completion of the Ballynure Bypass. Subsequently, the Department has sought, through the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan, to protect the land required for this scheme. It is currently expected that the implementation of this scheme will be outside the 2015 Plan period. On completion of the dual carriageway, the priority junctions will be reduced to left-in left-out, without the need to perform right turns, other than at the main roundabouts.
	On the Al Belfast to Newry road, there are currently two junctions which do not have a right turn facility. These are Ashgrove Road, which is just north of the Damolly Roundabout on the approach to Newry and to the west side of the Al, and Cloughanramer Road which is just north of the Damolly Roundabout and to the east of the A1. However, this section of the Al will be superseded by the planned Beech Hill to Cloghogue dual carriageway upgrade, which is included in Package 2 of Roads Service's Public Private Partnership Project.
	Right turn movements at all other junctions along the Eastern Seaboard Corridor are accommodated within the approach lanes to roundabouts, central reserve deceleration lanes, or grade separated junctions with slip roads.
	I hope this information is helpful.

Roads

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many vehicles per day on average use the A8 Eastern Transport Corridor between Larne and Belfast.

David Cairns: The acting chief executive of Roads Service (Mr. Geoff Allister) has written to the hon. Lady in response to this question.
	 Letter from Mr. Geoff Allister, dated 3 July 2006:
	You recently asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a Parliamentary Question regarding how many vehicles per day on average use the A8 Eastern Transport Corridor between Larne and Belfast.
	As this issue falls within my responsibility as Acting Chief Executive of Roads Service, I have been asked to reply.
	By way of background, I should explain that Roads Service collects traffic volume data by means of 270 automatic census points strategically located throughout the Northern Ireland road network. The information is recorded for one week in each quarter during the year and an annual average calculated. The results are published in Roads Service's annual Traffic and Travel Information Report, which presents the traffic volumes in a variety of formats for each site.
	Roads Service has automatic traffic counting equipment at five different locations along the A8 between Larne and Sandyknowes roundabout in Glengormley. The latest data (2005) on the annual average daily number of vehicles using the A8 is shown in the table below.
	
		
			  Location  Annual average daily flow (two-way) 
			 A8 Sandyknowes to Corr's Corner 15,009 
			 A8 on dual carriageway north of Corr's Corner 17,714 
			 A8 north of Bruslee recycling amenity site 11,048 
			 A8 north of Ballynure 13,325 
			 A8 at Drumnahoe near Larne 17,566 
		
	
	I hope this information is helpful.

Summer Schemes

Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many special needs children took part in summer schemes in each board area in each of the last four years; how long the summer schemes last in each board area; and if he will make a statement.

Maria Eagle: The number of children with special educational needs attending summer schemes in special schools and the duration of these schemes, in each of the last four years is set out in the following tables.
	The education and library boards do not have a statutory duty to provide summer schemes for children with special educational needs. They do so, however, subject to available resources and in partnership with local health and social services trusts and district councils.
	
		
			  Belfast education and library board 
			   Number of children  Duration of summer scheme 
			 2002 128 14-21 days July/August 
			 2003 172 14-21 days July/August 
			 2004 161 14-21 days July /August 
			 2005 270 14-21 days July/August 
		
	
	
		
			  North eastern education and library board 
			   Number of children  Duration of summer scheme 
			 2002 307 2 x 7 day schemes 
			 2003 300 2 x 7 day schemes 
			 2004 301 2 x 7 day schemes 
			 2005 315 2 x 5 day schemes 
		
	
	
		
			  South eastern education and library board 
			   Number of children  Duration of summer scheme 
			 2002 310 14 days 
			 2003 320 13 days 
			 2004 340 13 days 
			 2005 325 10 days 
		
	
	
		
			  Southern education and library board 
			   Number of children  Duration of summer scheme 
			 2002 241 14 days 
			 2003 243 14 days 
			 2004 252 14 days 
			 2005 243 14 days 
		
	
	
		
			  Western education and library board 
			   Number of children  Duration of summer scheme 
			 2002 163 14 days 
			 2003 168 14 days 
			 2004 172 14 days 
			 2005 164 14 days 
		
	
	Earmarked funding has been provided by the Department of Education, for education and library boards to use in the organisation of summer schemes in literacy and numeracy. In addition the Department is also aware that some schools finance summer schemes using other resources. Information on the number of children with special educational needs attending these schemes could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Young Carers

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what  (a) support services and  (b) financial assistance is in place to support young carers in Northern Ireland.

Paul Goggins: Young carers have a legal entitlement to an assessment of their care needs which is aimed both at supporting them in their caring role, and at helping to ensure that their education and development do not suffer. Schools have been alerted to the difficulties faced by young carers and to recognise this in their pastoral care policies in the publication "Evaluating Pastoral Care" issued by the Education and Training Inspectorate in 1999. In pursuit of the recommendations of the strategy "Caring for Carers", published by the Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety earlier this year, officials will in conjunction with the Department of Education, be distributing a DVD later this year on the needs of young carers as a training aide to staff within the Health and Social Services and the Education sector.
	Carers over 16 years of age may be entitled to social security benefits such as carer's allowance and/or income support if they satisfy the appropriate qualifying conditions.

Commons Staff's Salaries

Nicholas Winterton: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission which posts held by officials of the House of Commons receive an annual salary of more than the basic salary payable to hon. Members.

Nick Harvey: The basic salary payable to Members is £59,686 per annum. Currently 82 staff are paid an annual salary which exceeds this figure. A list of posts in the Senior Commons Structure and at pay band Al, which have pay maxima higher than Members' current salary, will be placed in the Library. Details of staff pay bands and staff pay arrangements are available on the parliamentary intranet. The salaries of Members of the Board of Management are disclosed in the House of Commons: Administration annual accounts.

Home Information Packs

Andrew Robathan: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the value of a home information pack to a buyer attempting to get a mortgage.

Yvette Cooper: First-time buyers will receive home information packs for free, because they transfer costs from buyers to sellers.
	In addition, we would expect most people to see cuts in the cost of valuations as a result of the Home Condition report, as well as swifter mortgage offers where you don't have to wait for a survey. These issues will be examined further as part of the dry run.

Council Tax

David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the council tax collection rates were for 2005-06.

Phil Woolas: A statistical release providing council tax collection rates for 2005-06 was issued on 21 June. This is available from the Department for Communities and Local Government website at http://www.local.odpm.gov.uk/finance/ctax/cp056.htm.

Carer's Allowance

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate how many more people would be eligible for carer's allowance if the gainfully employed rate was  (a) raised to £168 per week and  (b) abolished; and if he will make a statement.

Anne McGuire: The requested information is not available because there is no reliable data from which robust estimates might be obtained.

Disability and Carers Service

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2006,  Official Report, columns 1477-79W, on sickness/unauthorised absence, what information his Department has on levels of sickness absence at the Disability and Carers Service; and if he will make a statement.

Anne McGuire: The Disability and Carers' Service became an Executive Agency of the Department of Work and Pensions on 1 November 2004. The information has been drawn from the Agency's own records, and the only full year's data is for 2005. The figures represent average working days lost per staff year.
	 Average working days lost
	2005: 9.9
	The rolling year to date data which is captured on a month by month basis within the Agency continues to show a modest but steady trend of improvement; the April 2006 year to date figure was 9.5 AWDL.

Compensation

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the extent to which a compensation culture exists.

Bridget Prentice: The Better Regulation Task Force (BRTF) report: "Better Routes to Redress" published in May 2004 found that the "compensation culture" is a myth, because the number of claims and litigation is not in fact rising. But that it is a damaging myth that needs to be tackled, because the widespread belief that claims are rising leads to a disproportionate fear of litigation and risk averse behaviour.
	The Government are therefore taking forward a wide ranging programme of work, with the core objectives of preventing a compensation culture from developing; tackling perceptions that can lead to a disproportionate fear of litigation and risk averse behaviour; finding ways to discourage and resist bad claims; and improving the system for those with a valid claim for compensation.

Departmental Staff

Vincent Cable: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many people were employed by  (a) HM Land Registry,  (b) National Archives,  (c) HM Courts Service and  (d) the Public Guardianship Office in each region in each of the last 12 months for which data is available; and how many and what percentage of posts were vacant in each region in each month.

Vera Baird: The figures requested are published in civil service statistics. Departments should refer to Table A which covers staff numbers (FTE and headcount basis) for each organisation. Civil service statistics are available in the Library and at the following address on the Cabinet Office statistics website: http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/management/statistics/index.asp.
	The number of posts, which were vacant in Departments, is not collected centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Deposited Papers

David Amess: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will list the deposited papers placed in the Library by her Department since 2000; and when each was published.

Vera Baird: Currently my Department does not record this information. However, a system will be set-up to shortly to record all papers that will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Draft Legislation

David Amess: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what her practice is regarding meeting, discussing and taking into account the views and opinions of  (a) private individuals and  (b) representatives of organisations, when drawing up and framing legislation to be introduced by her Department; and if she will make a statement.

Vera Baird: The Department always seeks a full range of views when drawing up and framing legislation. In this regard, consultation is an essential part of the policy-making process, both informal and formal.
	The Department's formal consultations, which abide by the code of conduct on consultation, are all available on the Department's website and they are also generally available in hard copy. The DCA website has a "what's new" section on its home page which lists new additions to the website, including new consultations, making them easier to find. Those who access the site can also make use of the Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed to be alerted when new content, including consultations, have been added to the Department's website.
	Following consultation exercises, response papers are normally produced in accordance with the code on consultation to give feedback on the responses received and on how the consultation process influenced the further development of the policy.

Enduring Powers of Attorney

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what information her Department makes available on the signing of Enduring Powers of Attorney; and why the scheme is ending in April.

Harriet Harman: The Public Guardianship Office (PGO) has information on its website regarding Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPA) and publishes a guide on how to make an Enduring Power of Attorney.
	This document can be found on the PGO website at: http://www.guardianship.gov.uk/downloads/EPA.web.pdf This can be downloaded in large font, and easy to read formats.
	The Enduring Powers of Attorney Act will be repealed on enactment of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, planned for April 2007. Enduring Powers of Attorney will be replaced by Lasting Powers of Attorney. These new legal instruments will cover deputy decision making arrangements for both financial and heath and welfare issues. Lasting Powers of Attorney will offer additional safeguards and will provide the donor with more choice and flexibility as to whom they can appoint and the decisions that can be delegated to them.
	Although the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 will be repealed on implementation of the Mental Capacity Act, the legal effect of an EPA already made under the current law will be preserved. It will be possible to make an EPA until the point of enactment, and people will still be able to register and use Enduring Powers of Attorney after the Act is implemented.

Family Court (Imprisonments)

John Hemming: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many people were imprisoned following in camera hearings of the family court in each of the past three years; how many of these were imprisoned for offences relating to contempt of court; how many were imprisoned for more than a month; and for what offences, other than contempt, they were imprisoned.

Harriet Harman: Information on how many people have been sentenced to a term in prison by the family courts in each of the last three financial years is not recorded. However the following figures show the number of people remanded under custody. These cases include those sentenced to a prison and those kept in police cells. The table also shows the number of people remanded on bail or for medical reports.
	
		
			  Financial year  Bail  Custody  Medical reports  Total 
			 2003-04 217 616 8 841 
			 2004-05 225 565 10 800 
			 2005-06 253 576 2 831 
			  Note:The figures are from the County and High Courts only and relate to the breach of Family Law Act 1996 orders.

Abortion

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she last discussed the issue of abortion with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church; what reply she gave; whether a note of the meeting was kept; whether she has further plans for such a meeting; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: My hon. friend, the Secretary of State for Health, met with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church on 21 June. It was a private meeting so no note was kept. However, a statement was issued after the meeting saying:
	"The Cardinal raised several issues with the Secretary of State including the 24-week time limit on abortion. The Secretary of State reiterated the Government's position that it has long been the parliamentary convention that proposals for changes in the law on abortion have come from backbench members and that decisions are made on the basis of free votes. The Government believe this should still be the case and it has no plans to change the law on abortion."
	The Secretary of State has no further plans for such a meeting.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for cognitive behavioural therapy in each primary care trust in the north-west in the latest period for which figures are available.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 3 July 2006
	The Department does not routinely collect information on waiting times for appointments for treatments such as cognitive behavioural therapy. Data are collected only for consultant-led services, but not when services have been provided by other mental health practitioners.
	Information is available for estimated average waiting times from general practitioner written referral to first out-patient appointment with a psychiatric consultant in each mental health provider trust in each of the last five years which is available in the Library. The data are broken down into categories of provider trust, strategic health authority and Government office region where possible.

District Community Nursing

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the future of district community nursing.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 3 July 2006
	District nurses and their teams will play a key role in the future especially to meet the needs of an ageing population, to support people with long-term conditions and care for people who choose to die at home. There will be a need for nurses with specialist skills and knowledge to lead and provide care for patients in the community. Their role will develop in response to the transfer of care to the community, new technologies, new roles such as community matrons, and patient choice. These changes will require nurses in the community to develop new skills, work in new ways and be part of integrated teams across hospital and community, general practice and social care.

Food Supplements

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many dossiers have been received by the Food Standards Agency from manufacturers seeking to gain derogation until 2009 from the provisions of the food supplements directive; in how many cases such derogations were  (a) given and  (b) not given; for which substances derogation has not been given; and for what reasons derogation was denied in each case;
	(2)  when officials of which other European Union member states officials of the Food Standards Agency have recently met to discuss the interpretation and implementation of the food supplements directive; on what date such meetings were held; and what the outcome was of the discussions;
	(3)  when officials of  (a) her Department and  (b) the Food Standards Agency last met the Better Regulation Task Force to discuss the economic impact of the food supplements directive; what actions were agreed at that meeting; and if she will make a statement;
	(4)  whether officials of her Department have produced an analysis of the scientific papers upon which the German government based its negotiating position when the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health recently considered the proposal to add boron to the list of nutrients permitted for use under the food supplements directive and the directive on foods for particular nutritional purposes; what steps she intends to take prior to the next discussions on this issue by the Standing Committee; and if she will make a statement;
	(5)  whether officials of  (a) her Department and  (b) the Food Standards Agency have obtained a copy of the report on the safety of vitamins and minerals on which the German Government are basing their negotiating position in relation to the food supplements directive; whether the Government will produce a response to that document; and if she will make a statement;
	(6)  what strategy she has adopted to achieve her objectives for the interpretation and implementation of the food supplements directive; what progress she has made to date in implementing that strategy; what progress she has made in persuading other member states to agree to the United Kingdom's objectives for the implementation of that legislation; and if she will make a statement;
	(7)  what further steps she intends to take to ensure that right hon. and hon. Members are fully informed about progress towards the achievement of her objectives for the interpretation and implementation of the food supplements directive;
	(8)  with Ministers of which other European Union member states, Ministers of her Department have recently met to discuss the interpretation and implementation of the Food Supplements Directive; on what date such meetings were held; and what the outcome was of the discussions.

Caroline Flint: Dossiers for 421 substances were accepted by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) from manufacturers seeking to gain derogation for the substances to remain on the United Kingdom (UK) market. Of these 46 dossiers were submitted after 12 July 2005 and the FSA had been given to understand that receipt of these dossiers was acceptable, and had advised that the substances covered by these could continue to be used in supplements. The European Commission (EC) has subsequently advised that the substances cannot benefit from the derogation. The FSA is carrying out inquiries of the relevant companies to obtain accurate details of the substances concerned. The 375 dossiers submitted before the deadline are awaiting an opinion from the European Food Safety Authority, and a decision by the standing committee on the food chain and animal health.
	Meetings were held with the Netherlands (7 March), Germany (20 March), Finland (31 March), Ireland (6 April), Italy (20 April) and France (24 April). The meetings were used to present the outcome of preliminary discussions in the absence of EC proposals by the FSA board on setting maximum levels of vitamins and minerals in food supplements, and the UK market for food supplements. Member states were receptive to the ideas presented by the FSA but had not developed their own definitive positions in the absence of proposals from the EC.
	FSA officials discussed what work might be undertaken to provide information on the economic impact of the food supplements directive with respect to setting maximum levels of vitamins and minerals with the better regulation executive on 2 June 2006. It was agreed that this should be discussed further after the EC has published its discussion documents on this issue.
	FSA officials have considered the papers provided by the German Government on the safety of boron. FSA officials have discussed with the EC the fact that the issue under consideration is the addition of substances to the annexes in the food supplements directive and not at this stage, to agree maximum levels for individual vitamins and minerals. The FSA is considering this and the EC is awaiting its advice before there is a further discussion at the EC standing committee.
	The FSA has received a copy of the report published by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Germany, which outlines recommended levels for certain vitamins and minerals. A response to the report is not planned. No proposals on setting levels have been published by the EC to date, and member states have yet to indicate their negotiating positions.
	The outcome of preliminary discussions by the FSA board on setting maximum levels of vitamins and minerals in food supplements, in the absence of EC proposals, has formed the basis of discussions with member states on this issue. The UK strategy has been to encourage discussion with other key member states and to engage in discussions on this subject at this early stage, prior to papers being published by the EC. This strategy has been developed to implement the objectives of Health Ministers. A number of meetings have been held with member states.
	Right hon. and hon. Members will be updated on the food supplements directive via ministerial correspondence and replies to parliamentary questions.
	No meetings have been held with Ministers from other European Union member states on the food supplements directive. A letter has been sent to all Ministers advising them of the preliminary discussions by the FSA board in September 2005 on setting maximum levels of vitamins and minerals in food supplements.

Management Consultancy

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what discussions she had with primary care trusts about the level of expenditure on management consultancy;
	(2)  what guidelines she lays down on expenditure on management consultancy by primary care trusts.

Rosie Winterton: My hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health, has not had any specific discussions with primary care trusts (PCTs) about the level of expenditure on management consultancy, neither has the Department issued any specific guidance to PCTs relating to expenditure on management consultants.

Referrals

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many referrals were made by general practitioners through  (a) the directly bookable service,  (b) the indirectly bookable service and  (c) all means in each month since December 2005.

Caroline Flint: The data requested is shown in the table.
	
		
			   Directly bookable  Indirectly bookable  Total bookings 
			 December 2005 4,732 15,212 19,944 
			 January 2006 8,094 24,200 32,294 
			 February 2006 12,354 35,395 47,749 
			 March 2006 20,251 48,966 69,217 
			 April 2006 22,005 47,680 69,685 
			 May 2006 37,330 78,222 115,552

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her oral statement of 7 June 2006,  Official Report, column 264, on NHS performance, what assessment she has made of where responsibility lies for the deficit of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.

Caroline Flint: It is for the NHS South West to make any such assessment, and take the necessary action in co-operation with the local national health service. The Secretary of State for Health was advised by KPMG as part of the initial assessment for turnaround in February 2006 that Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust was a category one organisation and would thus require immediate support to deliver a turnaround.

Short Break Provision (Surrey)

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how much was spent on short break provision in Surrey in the last year for which figures are available; and how many hours break this provided;
	(2)  how many hours, short break service, on average, were provided in respect of people with a learning disability in Surrey who received the care component of disability living allowance at the  (a) highest,  (b) middle and  (c) lowest rate in the last period for which figures are available;
	(3)  how many  (a) carers of people with a learning disability,  (b) children with a learning disability and  (c) adults with a learning disability in Surrey receive a short break service.

Caroline Flint: This information is not held centrally. It is the responsibility of local commissioners to ensure appropriate provision of services to meet their community's needs.

Wound Care

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how much was spent by the NHS on branded wound care products in 2005; and what research her Department has undertaken into the purchase of non-branded products;
	(2)  if she will introduce a centralised procurement policy for wound care products.

Andy Burnham: The national health service spend on branded wound care products through NHS Logistics and prescriptions sent to the Prescription Pricing Authority was £171,132,847 for 2005.
	Branded has been interpreted to mean as where product descriptions clearly identify a specific manufacturer and brand of product.
	No research has taken place within the Department into the procurement of non-branded products. As part of the procurement process for procurement of products through NHS Logistics use of clinical staff and product testing is incorporated to ensure that where appropriate rationalised product ranges on agreements provide the NHS with value for money.
	The Department's policy on the procurement of goods and services in or on behalf of the NHS is based on value for money with due regard to propriety and regularity and ensuring full compliance with the European Union procurement directive and other regularity requirements.
	All wound care products spend through NHS Logistics are purchased via national framework agreements where detailed product specification has been placed following discussions with clinical staff.

Causes of Death

David Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many  (a) males and  (b) females aged (i) 14 to 16, (ii) 17 to 21, (iii) 22 to 24, (iv) 25 to 30, (v) 31 to 35 and (vi) 36 to 40 years died as a result of (A) road traffic accidents, (B) suicide, (C) sexually transmitted diseases, (D) drug misuse, (E) alcohol misuse and (F) murder/manslaughter in (1) Southend-on-Sea, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire, (4) the Metropolitan police area of London, (5) the City of London police area and (6) England and Wales in each year since 1986.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 4 July 2006:
	As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 14 to 16, (ii) 17 to 21, (iii) 22 to 24, (iv) 25 to 30, (v) 31 to 35 and (vi) 36 to 40 years died as a result of (A) road traffic accidents, (B) suicide, (C) sexually transmitted diseases, (D) drug misuse, (E) alcohol misuse and (F) murder/manslaughter in (1) Southend-on-Sea, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire, (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London, (5) the City of London Police area and (6) England and Wales in each year since 1986.
	ONS routinely publishes numbers of deaths for causes which may be sexually transmitted, such as HIV or Hepatitis B infection. Information is not however normally available from the death certificate on the actual method of transmission for deaths from these causes and so figures for sexually transmitted diseases cannot be provided. Mortality data is not available for Police Areas, therefore we have provided figures for the London borough of City of London and for London Government Office Region.
	The most recently available information is for deaths registered in 2005. Figures for deaths in males and females aged 14 to 40 years for land transport accidents, suicide or injury/poisoning of undetermined intent, alcohol-related causes, and assault are shown in the attached tables for each year from 1988 to 2005. I am placing copies of these tables in the House of Commons Library. Data for 1986 and 1987 are not available for area boundaries that are consistent with subsequent years and have not therefore been provided. Figures for drug misuse are only available from a special database containing deaths occurring from 1993-2004.

Illegal Firearms

John Leech: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate has been made of the number of illegal firearms entering the port of Falmouth since 2003.

Dawn Primarolo: No estimate is available for the number of firearms illegally entering the United Kingdom through Falmouth.
	Figures on the firearms HM Revenue and Customs have seized nationally are available in the Annual Reports of HM Revenue and Customs. The most recent being published 19 December 2005; figures for the financial period 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 will be published in the next Annual Report.

Illegal Products (Seizures)

Richard Spring: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many seizures of  (a) illegal firearms,  (b) drugs and  (c) cigarettes have been made in Suffolk in each of the last 5 years.

Dawn Primarolo: The national information on seizures made by HM Revenue and Customs since 2003 is contained in the annual report. The figures for the year ending March 2006 will be published in the next annual report.
	Information of seizures by location cannot be disclosed, as this would provide information of value to those seeking to circumvent HM Revenue and Customs' controls, thereby prejudicing the prevention and detection of crime.

National Youth Volunteering Service

Mark Harper: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made on the establishment of the national youth volunteering service; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: holding answer 27 June 2006
	I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given on 3 July 2006,  Official Report, column 822W to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Lynne Jones) by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office.

Personal Allowance

Vincent Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  if he will estimate the revenue implications of introducing a personal allowance of £7,185, absorbing the starting rate band on earnings and savings in the basic rate band, cutting the basic rate of income tax to 20 per cent. with tax rates on dividends unchanged, increasing the basic rate limit to £42,815, keeping the personal allowances for people aged 65 to 74 and 75 years at their current levels and abolishing all other age-related allowances; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  if he will estimate the revenue implications of introducing a personal allowance of £7,500, absorbing the starting rate band on earnings and savings in the basic rate band, cutting the basic rate of income tax to 20 per cent., with tax rates on dividends unchanged, increasing the basic rate limit to £42,500, and raising all the age-related allowances to £7,500; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: The information is in the following table.
	
		
			  Cost of tax options 2006-07 
			  Options( 1)  Personal allowance (£)  Starting rate (percentage)  Basic rate( 2)  (percentage)  Basic rate limit (£)  Personal allowance (aged 65 to 74) (£)  Personal allowance (aged above 74) (£)  Additional cost (£ billion) 
			 Current regime 5,035 10 22 33,300 7,280 7,420 — 
			 Option 1(3) 7,185 20 20 42,815 7,280 7,420 -16.6 
			 Option 2(4) 7,500 20 20 42,500 7,500 7,500 -18.9 
			 ( 1)  The changes are assumed to take place in 2006-07 and the additional costs are estimated liabilities for the same year.( 2)  The marginal rate on earnings.( 3)  The option assumes abolishing the married couples' allowance.( 4)  The option would cost £18.3 billion with the married couples' allowance abolished. 
		
	
	The estimates are based on the 2003-04 survey of personal incomes projected forward to 2006-07 in line with Budget 2006 assumptions.
	The figures exclude any estimate of behavioural response to the tax changes which could be significant given the scale of the changes.

Treasury Select Committee

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when his Department will provide the information requested by the Treasury Select Committee in paragraph 109 of volume one of its fourth report of session 2005-06 (HC994-1), The 2006 Budget; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: The Government's response to the Treasury Committee's report on the 2006 Budget were issued yesterday.

Baccalaureate

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of Statefor Education and Skills how many pupils in maintained schools in England took the International Baccalaureate in each of the last 10 years.

Jim Knight: Figures for the number of pupils in maintained schools in England entered in the International Baccalaureate each year since 1995/96 are given in the following table.
	
		
			  Number of pupils in maintained schools in England entered in the International Baccalaureate 
			   Number 
			 1995/96 101 
			 1996/97 104 
			 1997/98 134 
			 1998/99 137 
			 1999/2000 150 
			 2000/01 154 
			 2001/02 217 
			 2002/03 320 
			 2003/04 333 
			 2004/05 498

Child Care

Anne Snelgrove: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps the Government are taking to increase the number of child care places in Swindon.

Beverley Hughes: Statistics collected from local authorities (LAs) from 1999 to 2003 and from Ofsted from 2003 to March 2006 show that almost 2,000 new child care places were created in Swindon during that period.
	From 1999 to March 2005 LAs were set child care place creation targets. Since then, the emphasis has been on LAs obtaining a close match between supply and demand and working with providers to develop a sustainable child care market.
	General Sure Start Grant funding of more than£9.3 million has been awarded to the LA for 2006 to 2008, much of which may be used to help create places to meet the current and future demands of families in Swindon.

Community Education

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations he has received on the level of community education in 2006-07.

Phil Hope: There have been no formal representations on the level of community education in 2006-07. However, my colleagues and I have regular meetings about adult learning including community education with providers and stakeholders, including the Association of Colleges, the Local Government Association, the Workers' Educational Association, the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education and the National Federation of Women's Institutes.

Education Funding

David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the membership is of the School Funding Implementation Group.

Jim Knight: The School Funding Implementation Group advises the Department on matters relating to school funding, in the context of the wider policy objectives for schools and the Every Child Matters agenda. The members of the group are organisations representing school leaders, school governors, local authorities and the managers of the local education service, and these organisations are responsible for nominating their individual representatives.
	The current membership is: the Associationof School and College Leaders, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the National Associationof Head Teachers and the National Associationof Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (representing school leaders); the National Governors' Association (representing school governors); theLocal Government Association (representing local authorities); and the Confederation of Education and Children's Services Managers (representing the management of the local education service). Representatives of the Audit Commission, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Learning and Skills Council also attend meetings as appropriate.

Emergency Protection Orders

John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 
	(1)  how many emergency protection orders have been applied for by each social services local authority in each of the last three years; and how many of those were applied for ex parte;
	(2)  how many emergency protection orders were applied for by each local authority in each of the last three years; how many were applied for ex-parte; of the ex-parte orders granted how many of each were granted; and how many were for children (a) under and (b) over the age of one year.

Beverley Hughes: Information on the number of emergency protection order (EPO) applications made by local authorities is not collected by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). Information on the number of children starting to be looked after for each social services local authority, as a result of an EPO made by the family courts, during the years ending31 March 2003, 31 March 2004 and 31 March 2005 are presented in the following table. The DfES does not collect information about the numbers of ex-parte EPO applications.
	
		
			  Children who started to be looked after as a result of an emergency protection order being issued by family courts for the years ending31 March 2003 to 2005 by legal status on starting( 1,2,3) 
			  Number 
			   2003  2004  2005 
			  England 1,300 1,300 1,400 
			 
			  North East 70 50 60 
			  Shire counties
			 Durham 20 10 10 
			 Northumberland 0 0 10 
			  Unitary authorities 0 0 0 
			 Darlington 10 0 — 
			 Hartlepool 5 0 — 
			 Middlesbrough 0 10 — 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 10 — 5 
			 Stockton on Tees 10 15 — 
			  Metropolitan districts 0 0 0 
			 Gateshead 5 — 10 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 0 — — 
			 North Tyneside — — — 
			 South Tyneside 5 — — 
			 Sunderland 0 — 0 
			 
			  North West 160 170 190 
			  Shire counties
			 Cheshire 10 — — 
			 Cumbria 0 15 10 
			 Lancashire 20 10 15 
			  Unitary authorities 0 0 0 
			 Blackburn and Darwen 10 — 10 
			 Blackpool 5 — 5 
			 Halton 0 — — 
			 Warrington 10 5 — 
			  Metropolitan districts 0 0 0 
			 Bolton 10 10 5 
			 Bury 0 0 5 
			 Knowsley 0 — 0 
			 Liverpool 0 10 10 
			 Manchester 35 15 45 
			 Oldham 5 15 10 
			 Rochdale — 15 10 
			 Salford 10 10 — 
			 Sefton 15 — — 
			 St. Helens 0 — — 
			 Stockport 0 10 — 
			 Tameside 10 10 10 
			 Trafford 10 — 10 
			 Wigan — 10 5 
			 Wirral 15 — 10 
			 
			  Yorkshire and the Humber 200 180 180 
			  Shire counties
			 North Yorkshire 5 15 5 
			  Unitary authorities 0 0 0 
			 East Riding Yorkshire 10 — 5 
			 Kingston upon Hull — 10 10 
			 North East Lincolnshire 15 15 10 
			 North Lincolnshire 5 — 10 
			 York 0 — — 
			  Metropolitan districts
			 Barnsley 10 10 10 
			 Bradford 25 25 25 
			 Calderdale — 10 — 
			 Doncaster — 10 15 
			 Kirklees — 10 10 
			 Leeds 65 45 55 
			 Rotherham 15 5 — 
			 Sheffield 25 10 5 
			 Wakefield 10 15 — 
			 
			  East Midlands 130 110 90 
			  Shire counties
			 Derbyshire 25 15 15 
			 Leicestershire 20 15 0 
			 Lincolnshire 10 5 5 
			 Northamptonshire 20 30 35 
			 Nottinghamshire 20 10 10 
			  Unitary authorities 0 0 0 
			 Derby 10 10 10 
			 Leicester 5 10 5 
			 Nottingham 20 10 — 
			 Rutland 0 0 0 
			 
			  West Midlands 220 160 220 
			  Shire counties
			 Shropshire 5 — 10 
			 Staffordshire 10 15 25 
			 Warwickshire — 5 10 
			 Worcestershire 25 10 15 
			  Unitary authorities 0 0 0 
			 Herefordshire 5 10 — 
			 Stoke-On-Trent 30 15 15 
			 Telford and Wrekin 15 10 — 
			  Metropolitan districts 0 0 0 
			 Birmingham 45 20 55 
			 Coventry 15 — 15 
			 Dudley 20 15 25 
			 Sandwell 15 20 15 
			 Solihull 0 — — 
			 Walsall 25 20 20 
			 Wolverhampton — 5 — 
			 
			  East of England 80 100 120 
			  Shire counties
			 Bedfordshire 20 20 5 
			 Cambridgeshire — 10 15 
			 Essex 5 15 30 
			 Hertfordshire 10 10 5 
			 Norfolk — — 10 
			 Suffolk 15 10 10 
			  Unitary authorities 0 0 0 
			 Luton 25 20 15 
			 Peterborough 0 — 10 
			 Southend 0 — 20 
			 Thurrock — 5 — 
			 
			  London 250 280 250 
			  Inner London
			 Camden 5 — 5 
			 City of London 0 0 0 
			 Greenwich — 10 — 
			 Hackney 10 5 10 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 5 5 — 
			 Islington — 15 — 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 0 10 — 
			 Lambeth 0 15 15 
			 Lewisham — 15 10 
			 Southwark 10 25 10 
			 Tower Hamlets 5 5 15 
			 Wandsworth 20 5 10 
			 Westminster 20 15 — 
			  Outer London 0 0 0 
			 Barking and Dagenham 30 15 10 
			 Barnet 20 5 — 
			 Bexley — — — 
			 Brent 10 10 — 
			 Bromley 5 — — 
			 Croydon — 10 10 
			 Ealing 0 — — 
			 Enfield 15 10 20 
			 Haringey 20 20 20 
			 Harrow — 10 5 
			 Havering — — 0 
			 Hillingdon 0 10 0 
			 Hounslow 5 15 15 
			 Kingston upon Thames 0 — — 
			 Merton 5 — 15 
			 Newham 15 10 20 
			 Redbridge 10 — 0 
			 Richmond upon Thames 10 — — 
			 Sutton — — 10 
			 Waltham Forest 10 — — 
			 
			  South East 150 140 190 
			  Shire counties
			 Buckinghamshire 0 5 5 
			 East Sussex 10 — 10 
			 Hampshire 20 10 25 
			 Kent 15 20 40 
			 Oxfordshire 10 — — 
			 Surrey 15 25 35 
			 West Sussex 10 10 15 
			  Unitary authorities 0 0 0 
			 Bracknell Forest — — — 
			 Brighton and Hove 20 10 — 
			 Isle of Wight 0 — 0 
			 Medway Towns 5 25 5 
			 Milton Keynes 15 — 15 
			 Portsmouth 15 10 5 
			 Reading 0 — — 
			 Slough 0 0 — 
			 Southampton 10 10 10 
			 West Berkshire 0 — 0 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead — — — 
			 Wokingham 0 — 0 
			  South West 90 110 100 
			  Shire counties
			 Cornwall 15 15 15 
			 Devon 15 15 — 
			 Dorset 0 — — 
			 Gloucestershire 10 5 5 
			 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 
			 Somerset — — — 
			 Wiltshire — 10 — 
			  Unitary authorities 0 0 0 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 0 0 — 
			 Bournemouth 15 10 — 
			 Bristol — 15 25 
			 North Somerset 0 10 — 
			 Plymouth — 5 15 
			 Poole 5 — 0 
			 South Gloucestershire 10 10 — 
			 Swindon — — — 
			 Torbay 0 0 5 
			 1 Only the first occasion on which a child started to be looked after in the year has been counted.2 Historical data may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments and corrections sent by some local authorities after the publication date of previous materials.3 To maintain the confidentiality of each individual child, data at national level are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000, to the nearest 10 otherwise. At regional level, the data are rounded to the nearest 10 and at local authority level data are rounded to the nearest 5. Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive are suppressed and replaced by a hyphen (—). Zero (0) is shown only when the number submitted was zero. As a consequence of our rounding and suppression figures may not sum to the total. Note:Figures are taken from the SSDA903 return which since 2003-04 covered all looked after children.

EU (Teaching in Schools)

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the European Commission's recommendation for teaching about the EU in schools.

Jim Knight: The Government recognise the importance of pupils gaining an understanding of the workings of the EU and its history, and that is reflected in the national curriculum. Pupils are taught about the history of Britain in its European context in history and about the world as a global community, the role of the European Union and the UK's relations in Europe, including the European Union in Citizenship. Teaching also reflects the underpinning values and principlesof democratic life which are already covered inthe European and United Nation's human rights conventions. Although the EU can encourage co-operation between member states, the content and organisation of education systems is the responsibility of member states.

Exam Boards

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many examination boards have been approved by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to set  (a) GCSE,  (b) AS and  (c) A-level examinations for the academic year 2005-06.

Jim Knight: The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) works jointly with the regulatory authorities in Wales and Northern Ireland to recognise organisations which have demonstrated that they have fulfilled the relevant regulations for offering GCSE and GCE A-level (AS and A2) qualifications.
	There are currently five organisations which are recognised by the regulatory authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as providers of GCSE, AS and A2 examinations. These are the Assessmentand Qualifications Alliance (AQA), Edexcel, Oxford Cambridge and RSA (OCR), the Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC) and the Council for Curriculum Education and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.

Exam Entry Spending

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent by schools on  (a) GCSE,  (b) AS and  (c) A-level examination entries in each year since 1997.

Jim Knight: It was only in 2002-03 that the Department began collecting information in sufficient detail to answer this question. Therefore no comparable data is available for previous years. The information in the following table covers the cost of test and examination entry fees and any accreditation costs related to pupils, and includes GCSEs, A/AS levels and GNVQs.
	
		
			  Academic year  Amount spent on examination entries (£ million) 
			 2002-03 156 
			 2003-04 174 
			 2004-05 198 
		
	
	We announced in the FE White Paper "Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances" (paragraph 7.16) that the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority will lead a review of examination fees. The review will consider both the level of fees, and how a common format might be created for implementation by the start of the 2007/08 academic year.

Head Teachers

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many  (a) women and  (b) people from ethnic minorities became (i) head teachers and (ii) deputy head teachers in each of the last10 years.

Jim Knight: The table provides the number of female teachers promoted to head and deputy/assistant head teacher in each year from 1995-96 to 2002-03, the latest year for which information is available.
	Information on the number of teachers promoted to head and deputy head teacher by ethnic origin is not collected centrally.
	
		
			  Full-time regular female teachers promoted to head and deputy/assistant head teacher, 1995-96 to 2002-03 
			   Promotions to: 
			   Head( 1)  Deputy( 2,3) 
			 1995-96 1,400 2,110 
			 1996-97 1,590 2,320 
			 1997-98 1,840 2,640 
			 1998-99 1,350 2,170 
			 1999-2000 1,510 2,100 
			 2000-01(4) 1,750 5,310 
			 2001-02(4) 1,490 3,500 
			 2002-03(4) 1,350 3,430 
			 (1) Includes promotions from qualified classroom teacher grades, deputy head and, from 2001 onwards, assistant head.(2) Includes promotions from qualified classroom teacher grades.(3) Includes promotions to assistant head from 2000-01 onwards. The assistant head grade was introduced in 2000-01 and this affects comparison with earlier years.(4) Provisional estimates subject to future revision. Source:Database of Teacher Records.

National Curriculum

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on his policy on  (a) the teaching of religious studies and (b) teaching about (i) Islam and (ii) atheism within the national curriculum.

Jim Knight: All maintained schools must provide religious education (RE) which must reflect the fact that the religious traditions are in Great Britain are in the main Christian while taking account of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain. This could include Islam. Religious education syllabuses for maintained schools without a religious designation are drawn up by an agreed syllabus conference which advises the local education authority. These bodies represent faith groups, teachers and local schools. For schools with a religious designation the syllabus is drawn up by the governing body according to the trust deed of the school. It is for local authorities, advised by agreed syllabus conferences, and individual faith schools to decide if study of atheism is included as part of the RE syllabus.
	The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), in partnership with the Department, launched a new non-statutory national framework for religious education in 2004. The framework provides for opportunities for pupils to study all of the principal religions in Great Britain, including Islam, and other religious traditions and secular philosophies in line with the Government's goals of inclusion, tolerance and diversity. All of the major UK faith and belief communities and professional groups were involved in its development.

Positive Parenting

Mark Durkan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much his Department spent on the promotion of positive parenting in the last period for which figures are available; and what this figure represents per child in England.

Parmjit Dhanda: The Parenting Fund provided£10.7 million to support 132 projects during the last period—2005-06.
	The Parenting Fund supports voluntary and community sector organisations that provide a range of information, advice and guidance—including the promotion of positive parenting, to parents when and if they need it. The fund is not allocated on a per child basis. It would therefore be misleading to provide a general population, per child figure for parenting spend.

School Exclusions

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what education provision has been made for excluded pupils in Lancashire.

Jim Knight: Education for pupils who have been excluded from schools in Lancashire local authority is provided mainly via pupil referral units (PRUs). The local authority has five PRUs for primary age pupils and eight for secondary age pupils, catering for over 500 pupils. Other forms of alternative educational provision for excluded pupils are commissioned through these PRUs and include placements infurther education colleges, extended work placements and provision available in the private and voluntary sector.

School Meals

Sharon Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of primary school pupils  (a) were eligible for free school meals and  (b) took them up in each local education authority in the last year for whichfigures are available, listed in ascending order of percentage; and what the equivalent figures were in 1997.

Jim Knight: The available information is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Maintained primary schools: number and percentage of pupils by school meal arrangements. Position in January each year: 1997 and 2006 (provisional). By local authority area. (In ascending order of the percentage of pupils who were known to be eligible for free school meals as at January 2006) 
			1997 
			Number of day pupils( 1)  Number of pupils taking a free school meal on the Census Day  Percentage of pupils taking a free school meal on the Census Day( 2)  Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals  Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals( 3) 
			  England(5) 4,428,620 771,780 17.4 938,540 21.2 
			 420 Isles of Scilly 160 17 10.6 19 11.9 
			 857 Rutland(6) — — — — — 
			 872 Wokingham(6) — — — — — 
			 836 Poole(6) — — — — — 
			 825 Buckinghamshire(6) — — — — — 
			 835 Dorset(6) — — — — — 
			 938 West Sussex 58,168 5,941 10.2 7,496 12.9 
			 925 Lincolnshire 53,619 3,830 7.1 4,597 8.6 
			 867 Bracknell Forest(6) — — — — — 
			 865 Wiltshire(6) — — — — — 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 11,530 717 6.2 856 7.4 
			 855 Leicestershire(6) — — — — — 
			 868 Windsor and Maidenhead(6) — — — — — 
			 869 West Berkshire(6) — — — — — 
			 936 Surrey 78,690 6,637 8.4 7,871 10.0 
			 803 South Gloucestershire 22,571 2,259 10.0 2,745 12.2 
			 815 North Yorkshire 47,927 4,435 9.3 5,110 10.7 
			 933 Somerset 38,509 3,855 10.0 4,624 12.0 
			 919 Hertfordshire 92,397 9,452 10.2 11,259 12.2 
			 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 27,126 2,546 9.4 3,158 11.6 
			 884 Herefordshire(6) — — — — — 
			 873 Cambridgeshire(6) — — — — — 
			 885 Worcestershire(6) — — — — — 
			 850 Hampshire(6) — — — — — 
			 866 Swindon(6) — — — — — 
			 893 Shropshire(6) — — — — — 
			 931 Oxfordshire 44,733 4,012 9.0 5,008 11.2 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 12,074 1,188 9.8 1,611 13.3 
			 877 Warrington(6) — — — — — 
			 928 Northamptonshire 54,701 4,940 9.0 6,384 11.7 
			 916 Gloucestershire 46,248 4,929 10.7 6,151 13.3 
			 937 Warwickshire 43,662 4,736 10.8 5,553 12.7 
			 800 Bath and North East Somerset 13,111 1,677 12.8 2,027 15.5 
			 816 York 14,905 1,859 12.5 2,250 15.1 
			 878 Devon(6) — — — — — 
			 860 Staffordshire(6) — — — — — 
			 881 Essex(6) — — — — — 
			 303 Bexley 22,223 3,007 13.5 3,637 16.4 
			 802 North Somerset 14,775 1,777 12.0 2,090 14.1 
			 935 Suffolk 47,239 5,982 12.7 7,554 16.0 
			 820 Bedfordshire(6) — — — — — 
			 875 Cheshire(6) — — — — — 
			 358 Trafford 21,462 3,399 15.8 4,009 18.7 
			 908 Cornwall 41,862 6,547 15.6 7,784 18.6 
			 356 Stockport 26,941 3,846 14.3 4,661 17.3 
			 886 Kent(6) — — — — — 
			 887 Medway(6) — — — — — 
			 311 Havering 21,001 2,459 11.7 3,088 14.7 
			 334 Solihull 21,581 2,770 12.8 3,238 15.0 
			 891 Nottinghamshire(6) — — — — — 
			 845 East Sussex(6) — — — — — 
			 305 Bromley 24,292 3,282 13.5 4,352 17.9 
			 830 Derbyshire(6) — — — — — 
			 315 Merton 16,159 2,471 15.3 3,099 19.2 
			 929 Northumberland 21,839 3,345 15.3 3,783 17.3 
			 826 Milton Keynes(6) — — — — — 
			 837 Bournemouth(6) — — — — — 
			 909 Cumbria 44,762 6,917 15.5 7,904 17.7 
			 319 Sutton 14,630 1,778 12.2 2,070 14.1 
			 813 North Lincolnshire 14,972 2,485 16.6 2,879 19.2 
			 883 Thurrock(6) — — — — — 
			 926 Norfolk 66.666 8,913 13.4 10,824 16.2 
			 351 Bury 18,095 2,769 15.3 3,319 18.3 
			 888 Lancashire(6) — — — — — 
			 381 Calderdale 20,605 3,478 16.9 4,109 19.9 
			 332 Dudley 30,884 4,394 14.2 5,544 18.0 
			 359 Wigan 30,276 4,838 16.0 5,623 18.6 
			 343 Sefton 28,115 5,465 19.4 7,171 25.5 
			 384 Wakefield 32,956 5,546 16.8 6,572 19.9 
			 382 Kirklees 38,649 7,285 18.8 8,908 23.0 
			 350 Bolton 28,512 5,495 19.3 6,151 21.6 
			 851 Portsmouth(6) — — — — — 
			 310 Harrow 19,971 1,643 8.2 2,265 11.3 
			 392 North Tyneside 17,027 3,485 20.5 4,184 24.6 
			 810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 28,446 6,1 16 21.6 8,017 28.2 
			 870 Reading(6) — — — — — 
			 846 Brighton and Hove(6) — — — — — 
			 880 Torbay(6) — — — — — 
			 871 Slough(6) — — — — — 
			 372 Rotherham 25,822 5,283 20.5 6,298 24.4 
			 879 Plymouth(6) — — — — — 
			 357 Tameside 23,830 5,001 21.0 5,703 23.9 
			 808 Stockton-on-Tees 20,531 4,413 21.5 5,206 25.4 
			 882 Southend-on-Sea(6) — — — — — 
			 370 Barnsley 22,216 4,765 21.4 5,910 26.6 
			 373 Sheffield 46,380 9,686 20.9 12,895 27.8 
			 312 Hillingdon 22,440 2,017 9.0 2,745 12.2 
			 874 Peterborough(6) — — — — — 
			 317 Redbridge 21,103 3,204 15.2 4,036 19.1 
			 371 Doncaster 31,343 7,198 23.0 8,280 26.4 
			 921 Isle of Wight 7,387 1,424 19.3 1,767 23.9 
			 383 Leeds 71,508 12,795 17.9 15,974 22.3 
			 841 Darlington(6) — — — — — 
			 840 Durham(6) — — — — — 
			 894 Telford and Wrekin(6) — — — — — 
			 831 Derby(6) — — — — — 
			 342 St. Helens 18,027 3,733 20.7 4,275 23.7 
			 302 Barnet 25,979 3,711 14.3 4,625 17.8 
			 336 Wolverhampton 26,293 5,282 20.1 6,644 25.3 
			 812 North East Lincolnshire 17,265 3,756 21.8 4,211 24.4 
			 335 Walsall 28,743 5,896 20.5 7,081 24.6 
			 331 Coventry 30,478 5,482 18.0 6,726 22.1 
			 380 Bradford 42,327 8,656 20.5 10,661 25.2 
			 394 Sunderland 30,149 7,235 24.0 8,984 29.8 
			 333 Sandwell 32,962 7,061 21.4 8,870 26.9 
			 807 Redcar and Cleveland 16,680 4,152 24.9 4,817 28.9 
			 390 Gateshead 18,566 4,231 22.8 4,995 26.9 
			 353 Oldham 25,111 5,618 22.4 6,747 26.9 
			 805 Hartlepool 10,538 2,732 25.9 3,205 30.4 
			 306 Croydon 30,432 6,379 21.0 7,800 25.6 
			 852 Southampton(6) — — — — — 
			 801 Bristol, City of 33,642 7,602 22.6 9,103 27.1 
			 313 Hounslow 19,828 4,049 20.4 5,137 25.9 
			 890 Blackpool(6) — — — — — 
			 876 Halton(6) — — — — — 
			 821 Luton(6) — — — — — 
			 856 Leicester(6) — — — — — 
			 354 Rochdale 22,354 5,373 24.0 6,470 28.9 
			 201 City of London 208 83 39.9 107 51.4 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 17,883 3,873 21.7 4,712 26.3 
			 889 Blackburn with Darwen(6) — — — — — 
			 307 Ealing 27,213 5,591 20.5 6,927 25.5 
			 320 Waltham Forest 21,411 5,387 25.2 6,715 31.4 
			 308 Enfield 26,028 4,695 18.0 5,620 21.6 
			 861 Stoke-on-Trent(6) — — — — — 
			 344 Wirral 31.875 8,217 25.8 9,632 30.2 
			 393 South Tyneside 16,175 4,818 29.8 5,693 35.2 
			 304 Brent 22,478 5,696 25.3 6,420 28.6 
			 892 Nottingham(6) — — — — — 
			 212 Wandsworth 17,874 5,175 29.0 6,305 35.3 
			 209 Lewisham 21,984 6,370 29.0 8,052 36.6 
			 806 Middlesbrough 17,267 4,876 28.2 5,718 33.1 
			 355 Salford 23,828 7,019 29.5 8,128 34.1 
			 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 22,220 7,259 32.7 8,552 38.5 
			 340 Knowsley 19,788 6,915 34.9 8,701 44.0 
			 341 Liverpool 49,345 16,852 34.2 20,283 41.1 
			 309 Haringey 21,610 7,096 32.8 8,279 38.3 
			 203 Greenwich 21,608 6,804 31.5 8,408 38.9 
			 316 Newham 28,543 8,487 29.7 11,094 38.9 
			 330 Birmingham 109,673 32,572 29.7 39,245 35.8 
			 210 Southwark 23,132 8,606 37.2 10,744 46.4 
			 213 Westminster 9,604 3,413 35.5 4,247 44.2 
			 208 Lambeth 19,193 7,309 38.1 8.695 45.3 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea 6,568 2,324 35.4 3,000 45.7 
			 204 Hackney 18,141 8,046 44.4 9,824 54.2 
			 352 Manchester 46,356 17,956 38.7 21,431 46.2 
			 206 Islington 16,232 6,66)3 41.0 8,049 49.6 
			 202 Camden 11,294 4,130 36.6 5,046 44.7 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 9,465 3,763 39.8 4,440 46.9 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 22,472 10,211 45.4 13,292 59.1 
			 902 Bedfordshire 44,748 7,484 16.7 9,187 20.5 
			 903 Berkshire 64,851 6,828 10.5 8,047 12.4 
			 904 Buckinghamshire 66,291 4,227 6.4 5,641 8.5 
			 905 Cambridgeshire 60,924 7,840 12.9 9,945 16.3 
			 906 Cheshire 92,727 14,177 15.3 16,155 17.4 
			 910 Derbyshire 89,462 13,507 15.1 15,468 17.3 
			 911 Devon 84,938 13,450 15.8 16,027 18.9 
			 912 Dorset 48,479 4,117 8.5 4,684 9.7 
			 913 Durham 57,442 11,478 20.0 13,105 22.8 
			 914 East Sussex 55,821 8,804 15.8 11,372 20.4 
			 915 Essex 136,385 18,654 13.7 23,090 16.9 
			 917 Hampshire 139.425 17,054 12.2 20.493 14.7 
			 918 Hereford and Worcester 52,887 4,304 8.1 5,077 9.6 
			 922 Kent 137,962 19,946 14.5 24,746 17.9 
			 923 Lancashire 135,058 24,719 18.3 31,679 23.5 
			 924 Leicestershire 83,027 11,251 13.6 13,623 16.4 
			 930 Nottinghamshire 96,403 17,975 18.6 22,789 23.6 
			 932 Shropshire 38,067 5,442 14.3 6,169 16.2 
			 934 Staffordshire 96,437 15,286 15.9 18,213 18.9 
			 939 Wiltshire 51,809 5,723 11.0 6,954 13.4 
		
	
	
		
			2006( 7) 
			Number of pupils on roll( 4)  Number of pupils taking a free school meal on Census Day  Percentage of pupils taking a free school meal on the Census Day( 2)  Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals  Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals( 3) 
			  England(5) 4,151,970 553,560 13.3 667,180 16.1 
			 420 Isles of Scilly 252 0 0.0 0 0.0 
			 857 Rutland(6) 2,521 94 3.7 108 4.3 
			 872 Wokingham(6) 12,164 419 3.4 555 4.6 
			 836 Poole(6) 10,338 459 4.4 485 4.7 
			 825 Buckinghamshire(6) 39,646 1,370 3.5 1,938 4.9 
			 835 Dorset(6) 24,747 1,006 4.1 1,203 4.9 
			 938 West Sussex 57,554 2,433 4.2 3,081 5.4 
			 925 Lincolnshire 52,805 2,379 4.5 2,924 5.5 
			 867 Bracknell Forest(6) 8,811 426 4.8 601 6.8 
			 865 Wiltshire(6) 35,512 2,074 5.8 2,460 6.9 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 11,638 712 6.1 816 7.0 
			 855 Leicestershire(6) 48,257 2,756 5.7 3,374 7.0 
			 868 Windsor and Maidenhead(6) 8,470 451 5.3 617 7.3 
			 869 West Berkshire(6) 12,045 713 5.9 896 7.4 
			 936 Surrey 78,463 4,868 6.2 5,921 7.5 
			 803 South Gloucestershire 22,228 1,300 5.8 1,680 7.6 
			 815 North Yorkshire 44,563 2,858 6.4 3,460 7.8 
			 933 Somerset 36,781 2,425 6.6 2,946 8.0 
			 919 Hertfordshire 92,173 6,126 6.6 7,455 8.1 
			 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 25,694 1.649 6.4 2,142 8.3 
			 884 Herefordshire(6) 12,985 890 6.9 1,082 8.3 
			 873 Cambridgeshire(6) 43,878 3,037 6.9 3,673 8.4 
			 885 Worcestershire(6) 38,329 2,807 7.3 3,248 8.5 
			 850 Hampshire(6) 97,202 6,495 6.7 8,347 8.6 
			 866 Swindon(6) 16,906 1,180 7.0 1,494 8.8 
			 893 Shropshire(6) 21,896 1,673 7.6 1,943 8.9 
			 931 Oxfordshire 46,437 3,117 6.7 4,183 9.0 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 12,948 955 7.4 1,178 9.1 
			 877 Warrington(6) 17,389 1,344 7.7 1,600 9.2 
			 928 Northamptonshire 56,463 4,038 7.2 5,260 9.3 
			 916 Gloucestershire 43,458 3,561 8.2 4,131 9.5 
			 937 Warwickshire 40,986 3,296 8.0 3,989 9.7 
			 800 Bath and North East Somerset 12,172 985 8.1 1,201 9.9 
			 816 York 13,443 1,097 8.2 1,338 10.0 
			 878 Devon(6) 53,189 4,109 7.7 5,295 10.0 
			 860 Staffordshire(6) 63,925 5,396 8.4 6,465 10.1 
			 881 Essex(6) 107,125 9,430 8.8 10,801 10.1 
			 303 Bexley 20,689 1,640 7.9 2,100 10.2 
			 802 North Somerset 14,897 1,205 8.1 1,514 10.2 
			 935 Suffolk 45,739 3,693 8.1 4,695 10.3 
			 820 Bedfordshire(6) 24,938 2,188 8.8 2,604 10.4 
			 875 Cheshire(6) 54,527 4,974 9.1 5,707 10.5 
			 358 Trafford 19,224 1,830 9.5 2,038 10.6 
			 908 Cornwall 39,150 3,695 9.4 4,303 11.0 
			 356 Stockport 23,415 2,219 9.5 2,653 11.3 
			 886 Kent(6) 110,266 10,448 9.5 12,458 11.3 
			 887 Medway(6) 22,472 2,175 9.7 2,535 11.3 
			 311 Havering 19,402 1,618 8.3 2,217 11.4 
			 334 Solihull 19,897 1,681 8.4 2,274 11.4 
			 891 Nottinghamshire(6) 63,381 5,676 9.0 7,291 11.5 
			 845 East Sussex(6) 36,289 3,491 9.6 4,232 11.7 
			 305 Bromley 23,928 2,364 9.9 2.861 12.0 
			 830 Derbyshire(6) 62,369 6,312 10.1 7,501 12.0 
			 315 Merton 14,980 1,437 9.6 1,811 12.1 
			 929 Northumberland 19,358 2,140 11.1 2,343 12.1 
			 826 Milton Keynes(6) 20,989 1,948 9.3 2,606 12.4 
			 837 Bournemouth(6) 10,525 1,054 10.0 1,321 12.6 
			 909 Cumbria 39,741 4,457 11.2 5,066 12.7 
			 319 Sutton 14,800 1,547 10.5 1,916 12.9 
			 813 North Lincolnshire 13,986 1,602 11.5 1,828 13.1 
			 883 Thurrock(6) 13,812 1,432 10.4 1,854 13.4 
			 926 Norfolk 65,134 7,060 10.8 8,763 13.5 
			 351 Bury 15,995 1,899 11.9 2,186 13.7 
			 888 Lancashire(6) 93,269 11,351 12.2 12,951 13.9 
			 381 Calderdale 18,661 2,363 12.7 2,699 14.5 
			 332 Dudley 28,281 3,386 12.0 4,271 15.1 
			 359 Wigan 26,162 3,303 12.6 4,076 15.6 
			 343 Sefton 23,307 2,865 12.3 3,717 15.9 
			 384 Wakefield 28,722 3,569 12.4 4,571 15.9 
			 382 Kirklees 35,811 4,843 13.5 5,738 16.0 
			 350 Bolton 25,438 3,743 14.7 4,099 16.1 
			 851 Portsmouth(6) 14,071 1,775 12.6 2,299 16.3 
			 310 Harrow 19,593 2,917 14.9 3,211 16.4 
			 392 North Tyneside 16,171 2,301 14.2 2,653 16.4 
			 810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 22,033 3,081 14.0 3,620 16.4 
			 870 Reading(6) 10,223 1,424 13.9 1,678 16.4 
			 846 Brighton and Hove(6) 17,080 2,186 12.8 2,818 16.5 
			 880 Torbay(6) 9,836 1,312 13.3 1,625 16.5 
			 871 Slough(6) 11,554 1,558 13.5 1,917 16.6 
			 372 Rotherham 23,690 3,251 13.7 4,010 16.9 
			 879 Plymouth(6) 19,274 2,696 14.0 3,253 16.9 
			 357 Tameside 20,088 3,027 15.1 3,417 17.0 
			 808 Stockton-on-Tees 17,269 2,682 15.5 2,947 17.1 
			 882 Southend-on-Sea(6) 14,152 1,896 13.4 2,450 17.3 
			 370 Barnsley 20,433 2,936 14.4 3,556 17.4 
			 373 Sheffield 42,561 6,157 14.5 7,435 17.5 
			 312 Hillingdon 24,099 3,249 13.5 4,235 17.6 
			 874 Peterborough(6) 15,274 2,386 15.6 2,684 17.6 
			 317 Redbridge 24,124 3,268 13.5 4,263 17.7 
			 371 Doncaster 27,165 4,180 15.4 4,809 17.7 
			 921 Isle of Wight 6,995 994 14.2 1,244 17.8 
			 383 Leeds 61,446 9,009 14.7 11,247 18.3 
			 841 Darlington(6) 8,848 1,393 15.7 1,639 18.5 
			 840 Durham(6) 41,360 6,451 15.6 7,751 18.7 
			 894 Telford and Wrekin(6) 15,160 2,350 15.5 2,828 18.7 
			 831 Derby(6) 21,605 3,396 15.7 4,089 18.9 
			 342 St. Helens 15,575 2,432 15.6 3,021 19.4 
			 302 Barnet 26,041 4,225 16.2 5,087 19.5 
			 336 Wolverhampton 22,709 3,631 16.0 4,418 19.5 
			 812 North East Lincolnshire 14,029 2,074 14.8 2,788 19.9 
			 335 Walsall 26,077 3,964 15.2 5,216 20.0 
			 331 Coventry 27,015 4,455 16.5 5,430 20.1 
			 380 Bradford 51,314 8,485 16.5 10,331 20.1 
			 394 Sunderland 24,273 4,377 18.0 4,919 20.3 
			 333 Sandwell 29,887 4,950 16.6 6,128 20.5 
			 807 Redcar and Cleveland 13,242 2,456 18.5 2,709 20.5 
			 390 Gateshead 16,205 2,901 17.9 3,399 21.0 
			 353 Oldham 23,302 4,274 18.3 4,910 21.1 
			 805 Hartlepool 9,195 1,802 19.6 1,948 21.2 
			 306 Croydon 29,389 4,919 16.7 6,301 21.4 
			 852 Southampton(6) 16,039 2,737 17.1 3,437 21.4 
			 801 Bristol, City of 29,374 5,282 18.0 6,373 21.7 
			 313 Hounslow 18,924 3,505 18.5 4,116 21.8 
			 890 Blackpool(6) 11,812 2,111 17.9 2,635 22.3 
			 876 Halton(6) 10,170 1,978 19.4 2,277 22.4 
			 821 Luton(6) 18,468 3,645 19.7 4.228 22.9 
			 856 Leicester(6) 28,260 5,732 20.3 6,620 23.4 
			 354 Rochdale 19,595 3,797 19.4 4,642 23.7 
			 201 City of London 231 49 21.2 55 23.8 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 18,485 3,762 20.4 4,432 24.0 
			 889 Blackburn with Darwen(6) 14,770 2,986 20.2 3,548 24.0 
			 307 Ealing 26,059 5,101 19.6 6,276 24.1 
			 320 Waltham Forest 21,753 4,408 20.3 5,350 24.6 
			 308 Enfield 27,198 5,712 21.0 6,727 24.7 
			 861 Stoke-on-Trent(6) 20,841 4,535 21.8 5,173 24.8 
			 344 Wirral 26,456 5,384 20.4 6,682 25.3 
			 393 South Tyneside 12,751 2,799 22.0 3,222 25.3 
			 304 Brent 23,128 5,454 23.6 6.238 27.0 
			 892 Nottingham(6) 23,537 5,327 22.6 6,356 27.0 
			 212 Wandsworth 17,412 4,244 24.4 4,741 27.2 
			 209 Lewisham 21,971 4,579 20.8 6.121 27.9 
			 806 Middlesbrough 13,926 3,397 24.4 3,889 27.9 
			 355 Salford 19,464 4,944 25.4 5,532 28.4 
			 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 19.694 4,995 25.4 5,630 28.6 
			 340 Knowsley 15,518 3,586 23.1 4,538 29.2 
			 341 Liverpool 38,211 10,018 26.2 12,320 32.2 
			 309 Haringey 21,964 6,127 27.9 7,189 32.7 
			 203 Greenwich 21,206 5,484 25.9 7,070 33.3 
			 316 Newham 30,544 8,617 28.2 10,164 33.3 
			 330 Birmingham 101,191 28,241 27.9 33,745 33.3 
			 210 Southwark 22,848 6,482 28.4 7,896 34.6 
			 213 Westminster 11,021 3,662 33.2 4,028 36.5 
			 208 Lambeth 20,096 6,402 31.9 7,492 37.3 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea 7,052 2,309 32.7 2,713 38.5 
			 204 Hackney 18,051 6,002 33.3 7,038 39.0 
			 352 Manchester 40,814 14,037 34.4 16,848 41.3 
			 206 Islington 14,292 5,031 35.2 6,016 42.1 
			 202 Camden 11,436 3,807 33.3 4,888 42.7 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 9,707 3,687 38.0 4,163 42.9 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 22,397 9,651 43.1 11,798 52.7 
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			 903 Berkshire — — — — — 
			 904 Buckinghamshire — — — — — 
			 905 Cambridgeshire — — — — — 
			 906 Cheshire — — — — — 
			 910 Derbyshire — — — — — 
			 911 Devon — — — — — 
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			 913 Durham — — — — — 
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			 917 Hampshire — — — — — 
			 918 Hereford and Worcester — — — — — 
			 922 Kent — — — — — 
			 923 Lancashire — — — — — 
			 924 Leicestershire — — — — — 
			 930 Nottinghamshire — — — — — 
			 932 Shropshire — — — — — 
			 934 Staffordshire — — — — — 
			 939 Wiltshire — — — — — 
			 (1) Includes dually registered pupils. Excludes boarding pupils.(2) The number of pupils taking a free school meal on the Census Day expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils on roll.(3) The number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils on roll.(4) Includes dually registered pupils. Includes boarding pupils.(5) National totals have been rounded to the nearest 10.(6) Before Local Government Reorganisation.(7) Provisional. Source:Schools' Census

Staff Absenteeism

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many working days were lost to his Department and its executive agencies in each year since 1997 due to staff absenteeism, expressed as the average annual number of absent days per employee; and what the estimated total cost to his Department and its agencies of absenteeism was in each year.

Parmjit Dhanda: holding answer 19 June 2006
	The information is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Department/calendar year  Days lost per staff year  Estimated cost of absence (£ million) 
			  Education and Skills   
			 2004 9.0 3.3 
			 2003 10.3 4.4 
			 2002 9.8 3.8 
			 2001 8.4 3.3 
			
			  Education and Employment   
			 2000 7.7 2.9 
			
			  Employment Service Agency   
			 2000 11.8 29.3 
			
			  Education and Employment   
			 1999 7.6 2.6 
			
			  Employment Service Agency   
			 1999 11.5 27.4 
			
			  Education and Employment   
			 1998 8.2 2.7 
			
			  Employment Service Agency   
			 1998 11.0 24.8 
		
	
	The data is taken from the report "Analysis of Sickness Absence in the Civil Service", which Cabinet Office publishes annually. The information in the "Days lost per staff year" column is quoted directly from the reports; the "Estimated cost of absence" is based on the average basic salary used in each report.
	For the years 1998 to 2003, data for the Department for Education and Skills and the former Department for Education and Employment included staff in the Government Office network. In the 2004 report "Government Offices" is shown as a separate Department.

Animal Experiments

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many project licences for animal experiments were  (a) applied for and  (b) successful in 2004; and for what reasons applications were rejected.

Joan Ryan: In 2004, 595 project licences were applied for and of those 413 were ranted in 2004, 122 in 2005 and two in 2006. None were formally refused. Nineteen are still being processed. Thirty nine applications are recorded as not proceeded with.
	A feature of the regulatory regime under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is the discussion that often takes place at an early stage between applicants (or prospective applicants) and the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate. This means that proposals unlikely to meet the Act's stringent requirements are revised or withdrawn before formal refusal becomes necessary.

Asylum/Immigration

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action is being taken to improve the speed of access to the immigration and nationality directorate website; how many complaints the IND has received about this problem; what the estimated cost is of the necessary remedial measures; and when he expects the site to be fully operational.

John Reid: The immigration and nationality directorate website was re-launched on Wednesday7 June 2006. Visitors to the site should now find it much faster to access. During the time the site was running slowly, the IND web team received approximately 600 complaints.

Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter dated 26 January from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr. Rashid Mahmood.

John Reid: I replied to the right hon. Member on16 March 2006.

Departmental Grants

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to which faith-based organisations his Department has made grants in each of the lastfive years, broken down by  (a) the amount and (b) purpose.

John Reid: The information could be gathered only at disproportionate cost.

People Trafficking

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 20 June 2006,  Official Report, columns 1840-41W, on people trafficking, what proposals for combating human trafficking were discussed at the G8 meeting on 15 and 16 June.

Vernon Coaker: holding answer 3 July 2006
	Both the Attorney General and Tony McNulty addressed the issue of human trafficking when addressing G8 Justice and Interior Ministers in Moscow 15 and 16 June. They urged that the G8 step up its work in tackling organised human trafficking and referred to a UK-led project to establish ways of further enhancing cooperation and the exchange of intelligence to combat organised trafficking and smuggling.
	G8 Justice and Interior Ministers stressed the importance of cooperation with Interpol as well as Europol to enhance the efficiency of cooperation in the fight against smuggling and human trafficking and the use of the Interpol Lost, Stolen and Invalid Passports Database. They also called for increased interaction with relevant UN institutions, as well as the International Organization for Migration, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Maritime Organization, and the Europol in combating illegal migration.

Prison Education

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will place a much larger proportion of short-term prisoners in open prisons.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The length of a person's prison sentence is not the primary determinant for their categorisation. Prisoners are placed in the lowest security category consistent with the needs of security and control and the need to protect the public. Prisoners are subject to a rigorous and robust risk assessment when being categorised. Only prisoners categorised D and therefore considered to pose a low risk of escape and not represent a threat to the public may be placed in open prisons.

Prisoners

Madeleine Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria are used to determine whether a prisoner should be categorised ascategory A.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Prisoners are categorised according to the risk they present to the public, to the police or to the security of the state.

Prisons

Henry Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact on the overcrowding rate in female prison establishments of the re-rolling of HM Prison  (a) Bullwood Hall and  (b) Brockhill; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The impact of the allocation of women prisoners from Bullwood Hall and Brockhill in the women's estate has been assessed and no overcrowding is expected as a result of this change of function. There is still spare capacity within the women's estate.

Prisons

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many prisoners were detained at HMP Peterborough as at  (a) 31 March 2005 and  (b) 31 May 2006; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how many prisoners were transferred to HMP Peterborough in the six months to 31 May; from which institutions; how many new prisoners were admitted to HMP Peterborough in the same period; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  how many  (a) male and  (b) female category A prisoners are held at HMP Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 22 June 2006
	There are no category A prisoners held at HMP Peterborough. From information held on the prison IT system, there were 18 prisoners held in HMP Peterborough on31 March 2005 (the establishment opened in spring 2005) and 759 held on 30 April 2006, the most recent date for which information has been published; and between 1 October 2005 and 31 March 2006 therewere 1,208 first receptions into HMP Peterborough. Comprehensive information on transfers between prisons is not collected routinely and could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.

Prisons

Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value was of property stolen from the Prison Service in the year ending  (a)31 March 2005 and  (b) 31 March 2006; and how many prosecutions arose therefrom.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 26 June 2006
	In the financial year ended 31 March 2005, there were37 reported fraud and theft cases with a total value of 5,902. Of these, there were 10 cases with a value of £4,549 due to theft of property. In the financial year ended 31 March 2006, there were 30 cases of fraud and theft with a total value of £5,268. Of these, there were 15 cases with a total value of £3,157 due to theft of property. The Prison Service is aware of four cases with a total value of £8,169 that occurred in 2005-06 and are still under investigation and not yet recorded in the figures above.
	The police are informed of most cases of theft of property but no records are kept centrally of the number of prosecutions resulting.

Prisons

Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what average monthly number of prisoners were accommodated at HMP Full Sutton in 2005-06; how many of those prisoners had been given a sentence of more than six months; and how many prisoners had been resident at HMP Full Sutton for more than six months.

Gerry Sutcliffe: According to the prison IT system,(i) the average number of prisoners held in Full Sutton between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2006 was 588 (average of end-month figures) and (ii) the number serving sentences of more than six months at end April 2006 was 567. Information on the number held in Full Sutton for more than six months is not held centrally.

Rendition Flights

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  whether general aviation reports held by  (a) local police special branch and  (b) Home Office immigration authorities indicate that non-American nationals were on board registered aircraft (i) N8068V landing at RAF Northolt on (A) 15 May 2004 and (B) 17 May 2004, (ii) N129QS landing at Stansted on23 February 2005, (iii) N970SJ landing at Luton on (A) 4 September 2003 and (B) 5 February 2004, (iv) N368CE landing at (A) Stansted on 6 May 2004 and (B) Luton on 17 June 2003 and (v) N2189M landing at Prestwick on (A) 18 January 2004 and (B) 25 May 2004;
	(2)  whether general aviation reports held by  (a) local police special branch and  (b) Home Office immigration authorities indicate that non-American nationals were on board registered aircraft N313P landing at (i) RAF Northolt on (A) 19 October 2003, (B) 22 October 2003, (C) 29 October 2003, (D) 1 December 2003, (E)3 December 2003 and (ii) RAF Brize Norton on (A)17 October 2003 and (B) 12 December 2003;
	(3)  whether general aviation reports held by  (a) local police special branch and  (b) Home Office immigration authorities indicate that non-American nationals were on board registered aircraft N379P landing at (i) RAF Northolt on (A) 18 October 2002, (B) 16 January 2003, (C) 24 February 2003, (D) 28 February 2003 and (ii) RAF Brize Norton on 20 November 2003;
	(4)  whether general aviation reports held by  (a) local police special branch and  (b) Home Office immigration authorities indicate that non-American nationals were on board registered aircraft N85VM landing at (i) Luton on (A) 26 December 2001 and (B) 12 November 2002, (ii) Edinburgh on 25 November 2002, (iii) Glasgow on 3 March 2003 and (iv) RAF Leuchars on (A) 14 October 2001, (B) 5 October 2002 and (C) 20 September 2003.

Tony McNulty: Neither Special Branch nor the Immigration Service hold such information.